Day 8 AnonymityGovernmentcontrolofInternetCensorship

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triesvs.US

Microsoft+

NSA

Apple+FBI

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Anonymity

ThomasPaine Hamilton,Madison,Jay(CommonSense) (TheFederalistPapers)

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Positive uses 0 Protectpoliticalspeech0 Protectagainstretaliationandembarrassment

0 Anonymizingservices0 usedbyreporters,humanrightsactivists,citizensinrepressivecountries,lawenforcementagencies,andgovernmentintelligenceservices

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Negative uses 0 protectscriminalactivities0 aidsfraudàAmazon,eBayreviews0 harassment,0 extortion,0 distributionofchildpornography,0 theft,0 copyrightinfringement

0 masksillegalsurveillancebygovernmentagencies

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Government Censorship

Information + education = power

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0 Burma0 Chile0 Cuba0 China0 Tunisia0 Vietnam0 Syria0 Iran0 Singapore0 Azerbaijan

0 WesternCountries0 Belarus0 Russia0 India0 Venezuela0 SaudiArabia0 NorthKorea0 Egypt0 Turkmenistan

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Authoritariangovernmentshaveimpeded'lowofinformationandopinionthroughouthistory.

8https://www.nytimes.com/2017/02/10/world/africa/african-nations-increasingly-silence-internet-to-stem-protests.html

9http://qz.com/576485/brazil-has-shut-down-whatsapp-for-roughly-100-million-people/

0 SomecountriesowntheInternetbackbonewithintheircountriesandblockspeci`icsitesandcontentattheborder0 SomecountriesbanallorcertaintypesofaccesstotheInternet0 Iranhasblockedwikipedia,theNewYorkTimes,youtube,amazon,andchangeforequality.

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“The office of communications is ordered to find ways to ensure that the use of the Internet becomes impossible… The Ministry for the Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice is obliged to monitor the order and punish violators.”

-ExcerptfromTalibanedictbanningInternetuseinAfghanistan(2001)

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And in the US?

0 2005:Londonsubwaybombings–remotedetonationbyphone?

0 2009à

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Censor/Blockvs.

Spyon

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The Guardian, 2013

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Spyonvs.In`iltrate

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2/2016

0 CompanieswhodobusinessincountriesthatcontrolInternetaccessmustcomplywiththelocallaws

0 Googlearguedthatsomeaccessisbetterthannoaccess…isthattrue?0 Google.cncomplieswithChineselawanddoesnotshowsiteswithbannedcontent.

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§ RepressivegovernmentsinterceptciAzens’communicaAonsandfilterInternetcontent.§ CompaniesinWesterndemocraciessellthemthesophisAcatedtoolstodoso.California-basedNarus(aBoeingsubsidiary)soldTelecomEgypt“real-timetraf`icintelligence”andDeepPacketInspectionequipment.TheyalsosupplyPakistan,Bahrain,QatarandSaudiArabia.Texas-basedCiscosystems“aggressivelysought”thecontractstoimplementtheGreatFirewallofChina.

19http://en.rsf.org/companies-that-cooperate-with-02-09-2011,40914.html

0 "Anythingthatcomesthrough(anInternetprotocolnetwork),wecanrecord,wecanreconstructalloftheire-mailsalongwithattachments,seewhatwebpagestheyclickedon;wecanreconstructtheir(VoiceOverInternetProtocol)calls.”-SteveBannerman,Narus'marketingvicepresident,toWired,2006

http://archive.wired.com/science/discoveries/news/2006/05/7091420

Aidingforeigncensorsandrepressiveregimes0 YahooandFrenchcensorship0 Yahoo,eBayandothersmakedecisionstocomplywithforeignlawsforbusinessreasons

0 SkypeandChinesecontrol0 Chinesegovernmentrequiresmodi`iedversionofSkype

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2001

2006

Worst Censorship?

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Communication Shutdowns – Free Countries

0 Publicsafety0 BARTandprotests:

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Anonymous Reaction

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